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  • # [[Great Gable]], 2,949 feet *[[St Bees Head]]
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  • ...road expanse to the south and more enclosed Loch Ryan to the north, at the head of which is [[Stranraer]] and further north [[Cairnryan]], two ferry ports ...Glenluce]], of which the only remains are the foundations of the nave, the gable of the south transept, the cloisters, quadrangle and the vaulted chapter-ho
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  • ...ury it was said that two houses in the town were hardly the same; some had gable ends, others had large fronts pierced by pigeon-hole windows, while still o ...to change her mind failed and, despite a dragoon being ordered to hold her head up, she too was drowned.
    21 KB (3,513 words) - 16:21, 29 January 2016
  • The first town was a settlement was called ''Cennrigmonaid'' (Old Irish for "head of the King's ''monad''") for the memory of Túathalán, abbot of "Cennríg ...171.</ref> The church was initially built on land, close to the south-east gable of the Cathedral, around 1144 by Bishop Robert Kennedy.<ref name="Lamont-Br
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  • ...]] giving access to well known mountains such as [[Scafell Pike]], [[Great Gable]] and [[Glaramara]]. ...eceives around 140 inches of rain a year.<ref name="bowker">The nearby Sty Head Tarn receives as much and more, but without inhabitants to feel it.{{cite w
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  • ...ld Hunstanton village is of prehistoric origin and is situated near to the head of Peddars Way. In 1970, evidence of Neolithic settlement was found. The qu ...oted for its construction in Norfolk Carr stone as it contains the largest gable wall of carr stone in existence. It was designed as a theatre as well as a
    10 KB (1,609 words) - 12:23, 10 April 2016
  • ...onsisted of four classrooms three were divided by sliding glass doors. The head teacher was located upstairs above the cloakrooms. In Second World War two
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  • ...s one of a horseshoe of high fells, open to the south, which surrounds the head of [[Eskdale, Cumberland]]. It stands on the western side of the cirque wit ...k. An alternative ascent from Wasdale approaches up a hanging valley whose head is at Mickledore, which is itself ascended, before following the path from
    12 KB (1,968 words) - 09:13, 20 January 2018
  • ...to accommodate the engines and the addition of two large doors to the end gable ...e's second largest logistics organisation, Wincanton PLC, consolidated its head office operations and moved to the newly developed Methuen Park office deve
    20 KB (3,050 words) - 12:38, 14 October 2014
  • {{quote|The natural barrier of hills which stand round the head waters of the two rivers [the Dee and Don] was thus less of a protection th ...s Association. The single room has a fireplace and chimney in its northern gable, there is also an outer composting toilet facility in its own room had rece
    14 KB (2,345 words) - 08:56, 17 October 2017
  • ...of the mountain. Sharp Edge provides some good scrambling for those with a head for heights. Hall's Fell ridge, on Blencathra's southern flank, also provid ...], [[Crinkle Crags]], [[Bowfell]], [[Esk Pike]], [[Scafell Pike]], [[Great Gable]], [[Kirk Fell]], [[Pillar, Cumberland|Pillar]], [[High Stile]], [[Grasmoor
    9 KB (1,484 words) - 08:38, 8 June 2017
  • ...osite the Station Road junction. The second location, with quoined angles, gable stacks and integral canted bay windows, was probably built as a farmhouse i
    2 KB (356 words) - 23:14, 3 November 2012
  • |name=Wasdale Head |picture caption=St Olaf's Church, Wasdale Head
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  • ...ed from its two higher neighbours by the low passes of Black Sail and Beck Head, giving it a high relative height. The direct ascent up the south-western slope from [[Wasdale Head]] is backbreakingly steep and the subject of an amusing drawing by Alfred W
    6 KB (1,075 words) - 14:58, 17 September 2018
  • [[File:Wast water.jpeg|right|thumb|350px|Wast Water, looking toward Wasdale Head]] ...e of the highest mountains in England, including [[Scafell Pike]], [[Great Gable]] and [[Lingmell]]. On 9 September 2007, Wast Water was announced as the wi
    5 KB (876 words) - 17:08, 17 January 2013
  • ...Haweswater, Longsleddale, the Kentmere valley and those radiating from the head of Windermere including Great Langdale. The valleys serve to break the mou ...ve the [[Newlands Valley]] and hills to the north amongst which are [[Dale Head]], [[Robinson, Cumberland|Robinson]]. To the north stand [[Grasmoor]], the
    45 KB (6,982 words) - 17:48, 19 June 2017
  • ...r evidence of Danish raiders in the area came in the form of an iron spear head, found in a cromlech in Boho, on display at the [[National Museum of Irelan ...-20}}</ref> At that point in time, the land was divided amongst septs, the head of which was a ''herenagh'' who paid tribute to the bishop of [[Clogher]].<
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  • ...al plain of Cumberland. At the central hub of the high country are [[Great Gable]] and its satellites, while two principal ridges fan out on either flank of ...f the westerly run of the ridge, and the watershed curves north around the head of Worm Gill, crossing the subsidiary top of '''Iron Crag''' on the transit
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  • ...of George Glas Sandeman, nephew of the founder of Sandeman Port and second head of that company,<ref>[http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=18 *St Mary's at Gable Head
    15 KB (2,247 words) - 21:48, 5 October 2017
  • ...arch is Early English{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=842}} and is carried on head corbels.{{sfn|Sherwood|Pevsner|1974|p=843}} Early in the 14th century a sou ...el were re-roofed, the porch was rebuilt, a bellcote was added to the west gable of the nave and a bell was hung. The east window of the chancel was replace
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